Bible Person
Meaning: careful · Male · 5 cross references
Doeg the Edomite is Saul's chief herdsman who reports David's visit to Nob and then carries out the slaughter of the priests. He is one of the darkest supporting figures in Saul's decline. First appears in 1 Sam 21:7.1
AI summary: Doeg matters because the cross references present him as the outsider who becomes an instrument of Saul's paranoia and bloodshed. He not only informs on Ahimelech but also performs the massacre that Israelites refuse to carry out, making him a brutal participant in the desecration of priestly life. Psalm 52 preserves the moral memory of his treachery. Taken together, the material presents Doeg as a violent betrayer whose actions deepen the spiritual corruption of Saul's reign.1
Central Figure
Doeg
Meaning: careful
Fearful, an Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul’s flocks (1 Sam.
Fearful, an Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul’s flocks (1 Sam. 21:7). At the command of Saul he slew the high priest Ahimelech (q.v.) at Nob, together with all the priests to the number of eighty-five persons. (Comp. Ps. 52, title.) 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.